The Bonneville Run is a road trip being undertaken by a group of Australians. We're travelling from Perth in Western Australia and putting together the ultimate road trip. The 2010 version of the trip stated and ended in San Jose, California and over 5000 miles of driving later, we'd visited Los Angeles, Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon and much more. The highlight of the journey is a visit to the Bonneville Salt Flats for the SCTA's Bonneville SpeedWeek 2010.

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Yet Another Update

Well, it's been almost two weeks since the last post, and we haven't too many more plans for "The Bonneville Run" yet, but we're also almost at the point where we could sort the rest out once we land. At the moment, there are three of us going on "The Bonneville Run", and at least 8 other West Australian's that are heading to the United States at the same time. We'll be catching up with some of these guys and girls in Los Angeles, and all of them at Bonneville.

Kate and I have decided that we would like to spend at least one night in a "Wigwam Motel", and the one major thing we've done since the last update on "The Bonneville Run" is to book a room at one of these historic motels. The Wigwam Motels are part of a chain of motels that used to be spread out along the length of the historic Route 66. These days, only 3 Wigwam Motels remain, and only one of these is anywhere near where we'll be on this trip. Wigwam Motel number 7 is located in San Bernardino, on the eastern outskirts of Los Angeles, and it will be our accommodation on our last night in LA, as it will also allow us to travel outside of peak traffic times. If you're interested in staying a night at Wigwam Motel number 7, in San Bernardino, then check out their website and don't forget the discount code on their rates and reservations page.

About Me

In my daily life, I am a parts interpreter at a Holden dealer, but in my spare time, I'm a motorsport and event photographer who dabbles in a little landscape and nature work. A bit of a jack of all trades photographically, I guess.

Neither job pays particularly well, but the day job pays well enough and lets me walk away stress free at the end of the day so that I can concentrate on taking photos and not have to worry about what I need to do at work tomorrrow.

I have spent a bit of time travelling around Australia when I was younger, and am a big fan of taking road trips when I can. In 2009, I bought a car over eBay and had it delivered to my brothers place in San Jose, California. I made my first visit to the US in August of that year and spent a month around San Jose and San Francisco. I then left the car in the trusty hands of my brother and his wife, and promised to get it out of their yard as soon as I could organise shipping. As it turns out, that didn't happen for a while, as I ended up going back in August the following year for a 5000 mile road trip taking in the sights of California, Utah, Nevada and a little of Arizona.

As of July 2015, I've added a few more stamps to the passport, but not been back to the USA again. I am, however, planning on changing that in August 2016, with another road trip from California to the Bonneville salt and beyond.